QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE - YOU'RE SO VAGUE A Rated R era B-side that needs to be played much more often live, to those who aren't familiar with this tune (which would make me question why you're bothing to look at a tab for a song you've never listened to, but whatever) In C standard tuning (C-F-A#-D#-G-C). INTRO This is preferably done with a volume pedal. If you're lacking one, just strum each of these notes twice. There's probably notes played on the G string, but I'm not entirely sure. Play whatever sounds best to you. e|--19---20---17---15---| B|----------------------| G|-(16)-(17)-(14)-(12)--| D|----------------------| A|----------------------| E|----------------------| There's another guitar doing this in time with the part above. Do it the same way as above, with a volume pedal or hitting the notes twice if you're lacking one. e|----------------------| B|----------------------| G|----------------------| D|--14---14---14---14---| A|----------------------| E|----------------------| After that, slide up the low E string to about 12 or so and kick in to the main riff VERSE 1 e|----------------------------| B|----------------------------| G|--9---11---12---15---16-----| D|--9---11---12---15---16-----| A|--7---9----10---13---14-----| E|----0----0----0----0--------| After you do that, do some kind of muted strumming thing with the occasional lick and then get back into the main riff. Here's a few examples of these sections throughout the song. (0:15-0:17) e|-----------------------| B|-14h15p14-12-11-12-11\-| G|-----------------------| D|-----------------------| A|-----------------------| E|-----------------------| (0:24-0:26) e|-----------------------| B|-----------------------| G|--9~~~-----------------| D|-----------------------| A|-----------------------| E|-----------------------| (1:48-1:50) e|----------------14b15--| B|-14h15p14-12-11--------| G|-----------------------| D|-----------------------| A|-----------------------| E|-----------------------| Or hey, do yourself a favour and come up with your own thing. CHORUS Two parts to this. Part 1: "Baby, you're so vague..." e|-----14-------14-------14-------14-| B|-----------------------------------| G|-----11-------11-------11-------11-| D|-----------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------| E|-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-0----| Part 2: "...that you probably think this song ain't about you" e|-14--10-10--11-| B|---------------| G|-11--7--7---8--| D|---------------| A|---------------| E|---------------| INTERLUDE Similar to the chorus, only this note is played twice in place of the 14/11, then a lick. The 11s can be played with a volume pedal without sounding stupid, but I don't think it's used in the studio recording. e|-------------------10----------| B|----------------12----12-------| G|--11--11---9-12----------12-9--| D|-------------------------------| A|-------------------------------| E|-------------------------------| This is done a few more times, but the last lick is changed slightly to this e|---------------------| B|------12-11-------12-| G|-9-12--------12-9----| D|---------------------| A|---------------------| E|---------------------| VERSE 2 Same as verse 1, but halfway through, the guitar starts going like this. (This is when Josh starts singing "setting you up") e|--12--14---15---18---19-----| B|----------------------------| G|--9---11---12---15---16-----| D|----------------------------| A|----------------------------| E|----0----0----0----0--------| SOLO *very small part I cannot for the life of me figure out because of Josh singing* e|---------------------------------------------| B|-14h15p14-11-12-11-12-11--11-12-11-----------| G|--------------------------9------------------| D|---------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------| e|-------------------0------------------------| B|-12-14-15-11-12p11---12---------------------| G|------------------------12-9----------------| D|-----------------------------9-7-5-7--------| A|--------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------| e|-15--------------------------------| B|----15-11-------15-----------------| G|----------12-12----15--------------| D|----------------------14-14-14\----| A|-----------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------| e|-------------------15----------------------| B|----------------------15--15-15-15-12-11---| G|-13h15-16-15-13-15-------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------| e|----------------------16-16-----------------| B|-14-15-14-14-12-11-12-------15--12-11-------| G|--------------------------------------12----| D|--------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------| e|---------------------| B|---------------------| G|-12-9h10-------------| D|---------9-7-5-7-7\--| A|---------------------| E|---------------------| If you need help on making up your own thing, use this as a basis or any Mexicola solo, as the two songs are quite similar and will fit quite nicely. If you've listened to a live version of this song, you'll find that they're almost the same. OUTRO Mister guitarist numero dos will play this over the end of Josh's solo. e|-----14--15--18--19--| B|---------------------| G|-----11--12--15--16--| D|---------------------| A|---------------------| E|-0-0-----------------| That's all, folks. Careful now. | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note